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Berenguela Queen of Castilla

Female 1180 - 1246  (66 years)


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  • Name Berenguela Queen of Castilla  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1180  Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation 1204 
    Dispute with the church after she married Alfonso (her first cousin) from whom she was obliged to separate 
    Occupation 1204 
    Nun at Las Huelgas after separating from her husband 
    Occupation 1204 
    Pope Innocent III annulled the marriage although he agreed that their children would remain legitimate 
    Occupation 1214 
    Regent for her brother Enrique I 
    Occupation 6 Jun 1217 
    Became heiress to Castile, Toledo and Extremadura on the death of her brother Enrique 
    Occupation 6 Jun 1217 
    Queen of Castile (but immediately ceded her rights to her son Infante don Fernando) 
    Occupation 1230 
    Retired from public life after transferring full power to her son 
    Died 8 Nov 1246  Las Huelgas Abbey, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Santa María la Real de las Huelgas Cistercian monastery (Burgos), España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4180  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Alfonso VIII King of Castilla,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Soria, Castilla & León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1214, Gutiérre Múñoz (Arévalo), España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Eleanor Plantagenêt d'Anjou,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Domfront, Orne, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Contract 1169  Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Sep 1177  Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfonso IX King of León,   b. 15 Aug 1171, Zamora, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1230, Villanueva de Sarría, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married Dec 1197  Valladolid, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _SEPR 1204 
    Annulled 1204 
    Children 
     1. Fernando III King of Castilla & León,   b. 1201, Monte de Valparaíso, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1252, Sevilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Alfonso de León,   b. 1202, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1272, Salamanca, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Berenguela de Castilla,   b. 1204, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1237, Constantinople (Istanbul), Empire Byzantin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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    2. [S628] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, seconde et troisième éditions, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois, (La Veuve Duchesne, libraire, Antoine Boudet, l'auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Schlésinger frères, Paris, 1770-1778), Tome 3, p. 202 & Tome 6, p. 636.

    3. [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 62.

    4. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 104:114-27 & 107:120-28.